itargita0l0i\xxt\j ,3lvtiM0. LEWISTOWN,THURSDAY, Jan. lit, '^.Ci OFFICIALPAPEK OF FERGUS COUNTY. PUBLISHEDWEEKLY BV JOHNM. VROOMAN,Editor ^ Proprietor. Fatherlyadvice to young Mr. Leecli i^t^uit.^Independent. So! SenatorJohn E. Kenna of West Vir^^ginia, died in Waniiington on the 11th^inst. He ranked among the ablest^men in the senate. Inthe death of Benjamin F. Butler^remarkable character has been called hence.He wiia a great lawyer, ranking^mong the first in the I'nited State*. Hismilitary career was not without^rilliant points, though he lacked the propertraining to achieve great re-^ulta. His tendency to shift about politicallycaused some to doubt his sincerityand honesty of purpose, but^^ the whole lie w as a man whose good^i-eils outnumbered h's shortcomings,^nd as time grows apace he will be^ratefully tNM inhered by his country-^ten. EdwardMurphy has received the^caucus nomination as senator from^New York almost unanimously. Mr.^Cleveland's protest was without avail. Nodoubt ...

Politeness Ifstrict idea* ever come.^That B^^stoi, Indy Imd 'em. Sheneversaid: ^CliryHtuitheiiiiiii;;^^She hhmJ: ^t'lirv^aiithe-mRtiaij'. Life THESPEED OF A BALL. NoBase Ball Flayer Coold Hold One Drc. pi^From Washington Monument. Afew yearn nyo, in 1884 I believe,^several well known base ball player-^attempted the feat of catching anil^holding a regulation Scalding ^lror^[^e^;^from the top of WaMiinnton monu^ment, says the St. Louis Republic.^The experiment was tried by Trott.^Hines, Baker, Snyder and several^lesser lights in thefraternity, but none^of them succeeded in holding or even^materially checking its progress to the^ground. The men named above KM^all experts at their trades, but it i^^evident that they fjave their sport.-^more attention than they did theii^philosophy during their school days;^otherwise tliey would have kno.w.^that a body dropped from such a^height would be traveling with a speeil^ol 1^7 feet per second at the time ll^its contact with the earth. The rea^^so...

f.KWISTOWN,THl'RSUAY. Jan. 26. 9L- FFICIALPAPEK OF FEEODS COuTITY publishkd weekly U\ JOHNM. VROOMAN.Editor ^^ Proprietor Thecoldest wave for many yearr^-truck the eastern i-tutes last week. TheId.tin) diamonds prove to b(^nothing hut white sapphires. Eut^w hite sapphire* an not picked up ii everygulch. TheDemocrats of California secun^the United Slate* senator. His nam^^ia Staph** M. White, and he is a resi^dent of Los Angele*. Btut Bwyliis hill repealing tie^^stray law has' p:is*ed the senate. Ai^^effort will he made to construct a law^th it willgeneral sati*fa! tion. JeiljfBimpaotn says he is in constant^rcoeipt of letters asking him to save the^country. This proves that there are^other fools in the country besides^Jerrv. .]thn ti. Carlisle has sent in his resig^nation as *^ nutor from Kentucky^J lii- i* m arly conclusive evidence that^be will I e o u i e Mr. Cleveland's secre^tarv oi the In i-nry. ('^ ures-.nan Dix .n and Minera^Land Cornmi*sioner M.iginness shouli^be in Waabiug...

er-0tt0CCountji Arnxte. LEWISTOWN,THURSDAY, Feb. 2, ^92 'FFICIALPAPLit OF FERGUS COUNTY ftb;i^hm WEEKLY BV 10HNM. VROOMAN. Editor^ Proprietor. BLAINEDEAD. .lames^^. Bluine died at his home in^Washington, on Jan. 28, after a pro^^longed illness. Tlieweather has been cold enough^during the past week to freeze up Hell^Roaring creek clear to its source. ThePotomac river at Washington^was frozen over to a depth of eight^inches last week. The coldest weathei^fin years in that locality. Thered hot senatorial contest at Hel^^ena does not seeus to have much in^^fluence over the weather. It may he^owing to the cold shoulder Marcus^Daly is giving the Clark faction. Butif free wool shall come, it will^not come to stay; the law that makec^it, and the men who make the law, will,^in political power, wither, even worse^than Jonah's gourd.^^Judge Lawrence. Thedeath of John A. Davis disposes^of one of the principal contestants for^the estate of the late A. J. Davis. So^far as heard from all of the la...

frrpweCumttu -^v^ite. LKWISTOWN, THURSDAY, Feb. ^, H ir'IClAL PAP Lit OF FERGUS COUNTY ri'BLiaiiKDimh by^JOHN M. VROOMAN.Editor ^ Proprietor Manillaiiixl Bozemnti seem to be^cuiituriug the university plums. JudgeWilliam Lindsay will succeed^John (i. Carlisle as senator from K' n-^tucky. Chicago,with its usual pat riot i.-n;^and pabKo spirit, is Among the lir.-t It^take steps towards the erection of a^monument to James Q. Blaine. Threenew countien will be Created^by the present legislature, namely:^Teton, Valley and Flathead. The^probabilities are the other schemes wil^go glimmering for the piesent. Tin*list of eminent dead for Januar\^is probably greater than tor any one^mouth in the history of the country.^Here is the list: Bishop Phillip*^Brooks, General Benjamin F. Butler,^ex-President Haye^, Senator Kciina,^Justice Lamar, and Janus Q. Blaine. Inthe death of Phillips Brooks ot^Bostoi), a great and good man ha*^passed from earth. He was brood and^ROOM] in his theological views and...

TheClover. Somesing of the lily and daisy and ro^e^And the paimiea n rid^ pin ka that t beau miner-^time tbruwH j^In the xreeu,lap ol the medder that lilfnkin'up at the skies through the aun- uhinyday**;^Hut Mhiit la the lily and all of the rent^of the flow**, to a man with a heart i:ihi. brcant ThatkM dipped brimmer full of the honey anddew Ofthe Hweet clover hlodHome hi. babyhood knewI Inever set eyes on a cloverfield now.^or fool 'round the table or climb in the^mow, Hutmy childhood comen back just an 1 left r andas plain^A* the Mine 11 of the clover I'm an iffin' again;^And I wauder away in a barefooted dream.^Where 1 tangle my toen in the blossom* thatgleam^With the dew of the dawn of the morning oflove. Kreit wept o'er the gravewthat I'mweepin' above. Andho I loveclover^it seem* like a part^Ol t lie xHcredewt eorrowH and joys of my^heart; Andwherever it bloSMoms. oh, there let nie bow, Andthank Um good Bod as I am thankin' hiin now ; AndI pray to him still for the strength whe...

ev^xxa(toxxxxtxj Arg^e. LEWISTOWN,THCUSDAY.Feb. 16, '92 iFFICIAL1'APEK OF FERGUS COUNTY ri'BLIHHEOWKkKLY BY JOHNM. VROOMAN. Editor ^ Proprietor. Mrs.Win. C. Whitney, wife of the^ox-secretary of the navy, died in New^York on the oth inst. Itia now in order for Representative^Coder to give the Republicans of Fergus^county some valid reason for cast^^ing his vote for W. A. Clark. It is^against the wishes of every Republican^in this county. Lee Mantle is un^^doubtedly the second choice, next to^Sanders, and Mr. Coder should give^him loyal and unbroken support. We^refrain from further comment until we^learn more of Mr. Coder s motive in^deserting his party. Theelection of Grover Cleveland and^Adlai Stevenson has been officially de^^clared at Washington. Pqofold Count DeLesseps will be^tin ust into a French bastile to remain^two years and pay a fine of 3,000^francs. The old man will die behind^prison bars. Theeducational institution tight has^virtually been settled. Missoula gets^the stat...

BLAINEAND C0NKL1NG TheTwo Hau Compared by ^Mack.^--Ojnk-^ling s Or^at Speech in 1880. Mack,^in the St. Louis Olobe-^DWBOMt; ^Tlie Mtaiultioiiil alters the^tritw,^ M the German proverb Mays,^ami so in attempting to estimate the^intellectual qualities of Blaine ami^Conkling Uie difficulty is to find a com^^mon stMidpoint from which to take^the view. It is like trying to make an^BO,rial ion m it h Uenihrandt and Miclieal^Angelo in art or between Gibbon and^Macau ley in history. Kach was su-^pn me iii Ins sphere, but neither could^haye succeeded iii an encroachment^upon thesphere of the other. If the^BMMOI a ot sin-.-e.-s in t.ie bigbsst form^of oratory be the test of intellectual^erestnuee, Ooaktiag was vastly the^Miperior of Blaine; if, however, we ac-^cepl the lower form of test, which may^be denominated the art of speaking to^the nntbinkioy multitude, Blaine was^the superior ol Conkling. Blaine was^an admirable debater; Conk ling could^debate only vita a shower of epigrams^in the ni...